Zwift Chat

[Marino.g]

For what it's worth I agree, if I thought another team were loading the c race with a b to mix things up I'd be pretty annoyed. But then I probably take it too seriously!

My conscience has been pricked and have registered for the c cat for tonight’s race.
Good luck D group, you can win it tonight!

 

[<Tommy>]

At the end of the day though, it's your exercise time so ultimately it's your call how you ride

For what it's worth I agree, if I thought another team were loading the c race with a b to mix things up I'd be pretty annoyed. But then I probably take it too seriously!

This is the way I look at it too. I don’t think it’s about taking it ‘too seriously’. Just having respect for the people your racing against. Taking it too seriously is probably when you choose to sandbag or weight dope. Rules can be a bit boring sometimes. But I guess if you don’t like them you don’t have to join the races.

 

[<Tommy>]

Thanks for coming back on this guys.

I think we'd struggle with only 3 in the team............. well I'd certainly struggle!

I followed up with WTRL and they've offered me what looks like a guest ride with one of their teams at 6.30 this Thursday, so I can get a feel for what getting my arse kicked in a Team Time Trial feels like.

As I said earlier, if we can get another couple of people interested then I'm happy to enter us as a team in future

Good luck with it Del!

Post up which team you’re in if you would. I’m finding quite hard to suss out the results and standings but I’ll get there...

And good luck tonight everyone. I don’t know if you’ve got discord going but if not I’d highly recommend it. You kind of block out the grunting and moaning after a short time and then it’s a good laugh after that.

 

[Brusgaard]

Taking it too seriously is probably when you choose to sandbag or weight dope. Rules can be a bit boring sometimes. But I guess if you don’t like them you don’t have to join the races.

Yes, I see one of the ZSUNR riders weighs 67 kg one day, 76 kg 2 days later and now it is up to 81kg... That's some serious (almost) overnight weight gains. Must be the lockdown. Helps a lot when you want to stay in the C group.

 

[<Tommy>]

Yes, I see one of the ZSUNR riders weighs 67 kg one day, 76 kg 2 days later and now it is up to 81kg... That's some serious (almost) overnight weight gains. Must be the lockdown. Helps a lot when you want to stay in the C group.

Surely no one cheats on ZSUNR! 😄

Weight doping happens. We all know it. I’d be fairly certain it happens on every team on zwift. We know it has happened here. And the only way I see to deal with it is to call people up on it when they’re caught. That’s what I did here and I was shot down for it but let’s not dwell on that.... Why not tell us the name of the guy weight doping on ZSUNR? Why not report him to zwift power? Hopefully you pay this much attention to more than just ZSUNR riders brusgaard. Because the more people that flag it up the harder it is for people to cheat👍

 

[CXRAndy]

I think the race Monday conflicts with a meeting, but if I can get away, I'll join D. Is there anything else I need to do to make sure our team gets any points I might earn?

Change your kit to plain green, add 'Cyclechat' to your Zwift name so your team mates can spot you. Hope you can get on he race Jeff

 

[Brusgaard]

Surely no one cheats on ZSUNR! 😄

Weight doping happens. We all know it. I’d be fairly certain it happens on every team on zwift. We know it has happened here. And the only way I see to deal with it is to call people up on it when they’re caught. That’s what I did here and I was shot down for it but let’s not dwell on that.... Why not tell us the name of the guy weight doping on ZSUNR? Why not report him to zwift power? Hopefully you pay this much attention to more than just ZSUNR riders brusgaard. Because the more people that flag it up the harder it is for people to cheat👍

@bridgy rode in the guy's meetup yesterday. That should be enough help for you.
I don't want to flag people, I don't know, and thus have no knowledge of their real weight, height etc.

 

[CXRAndy]

Yes, I see one of the ZSUNR riders weighs 67 kg one day, 76 kg 2 days later and now it is up to 81kg... That's some serious (almost) overnight weight gains. Must be the lockdown. Helps a lot when you want to stay in the C group.

Yo-yo diet its all the rage

 

[Del C]

Good luck with it Del!

Post up which team you’re in if you would. I’m finding quite hard to suss out the results and standings but I’ll get there...

And good luck tonight everyone. I don’t know if you’ve got discord going but if not I’d highly recommend it. You kind of block out the grunting and moaning after a short time and then it’s a good laugh after that.

WTRL Wanderers.

I'm in the 6.30 event but not quite sure about the precise start time.

I'm also trying to work out precisely how to change the tag against my ZP name and whether I have to change my ZP team from Cyclechat to WTRL. I'm a WTRL guest, so I don't know if I can or have to change my ZP team for this race!

 

[CXRAndy]

Had a few rides on RGT since Friday, including a test ride today with my club for a road race we're running tomorrow. I'm not taking part in that because of the DBR race tomorrow, but thought I'd join the test event to see what it was like with a larger group. I'd ridden part way up Cap de Formentor (Mallorca) on Friday and was quite impressed by how good the graphics were. It looked a very good copy of what the terrain and the town of Port de Pollensa are like IRL.

Today, we rode on a time trial course that my club rides in the summer. Well, it was based on our course on the A24 south of Dorking, but it's like one of the 3D rides in Bkool that they create from a .gpx file. So, the A24 retained its nature as a dual carriageway but had been transformed into a causeway across water. I can't ever recall seeing any oceans near the A24!

The likeness to Bkool continued. After the turn on the TT course, I was heading back to the finish line when the bottom half of my bike and my feet and calves all sunk below the road surface. My avatar was swinging across the road like a drunk from time to time, occasionally stopped pedalling and actually turned around and faced the wrong way at least twice.

Afterwards, I thought I'd ride up Mont Ventoux, which is one of their featured rides. It's the side from Malaucene, which I've done in real life. Didn't really recognise any of it and 9.5 miles up the climb the simulator just disconnected from my Neo, leaving me stuck on the road.

I don't think I'll be spending a lot more time on RGT!

I tried the Tacx desktop app. It has HD video, competitive riding with others, lots of famous routes. BUT, its another subscription. However, if video riding is your thing, its worth a look. I believe it has a small free trial, before it locks you out.

 

[Whorty]

Had a few rides on RGT since Friday, including a test ride today with my club for a road race we're running tomorrow. I'm not taking part in that because of the DBR race tomorrow, but thought I'd join the test event to see what it was like with a larger group. I'd ridden part way up Cap de Formentor (Mallorca) on Friday and was quite impressed by how good the graphics were. It looked a very good copy of what the terrain and the town of Port de Pollensa are like IRL.

Today, we rode on a time trial course that my club rides in the summer. Well, it was based on our course on the A24 south of Dorking, but it's like one of the 3D rides in Bkool that they create from a .gpx file. So, the A24 retained its nature as a dual carriageway but had been transformed into a causeway across water. I can't ever recall seeing any oceans near the A24!

The likeness to Bkool continued. After the turn on the TT course, I was heading back to the finish line when the bottom half of my bike and my feet and calves all sunk below the road surface. My avatar was swinging across the road like a drunk from time to time, occasionally stopped pedalling and actually turned around and faced the wrong way at least twice.

Afterwards, I thought I'd ride up Mont Ventoux, which is one of their featured rides. It's the side from Malaucene, which I've done in real life. Didn't really recognise any of it and 9.5 miles up the climb the simulator just disconnected from my Neo, leaving me stuck on the road.

I don't think I'll be spending a lot more time on RGT!

The one I'm very tempted to try is FulGaz ... only thing stopping me is I still haven't got my front ring fixed so I'm not wanting to climbing big hill in 50 front ring only After lockdown, I've promised myself to get bike fixed and will give it a go. From what I've seen it looks really good (and currently free I think)

 

[<Tommy>]

@bridgy rode in the guy's meetup yesterday. That should be enough help for you.
I don't want to flag people, I don't know, and thus have no knowledge of their real weight, height etc.

 

[Whorty]

Set CycleChat as your primary team on Zwift Power, finish the race and don't get a DQ!

@JLaw as Steen says really There are extra points at the sprint banners (2 per lap) and the 2 KoM banners.

If you make it I'm sure the D guys will really appreciate you being there

 

[Whorty]

My conscience has been pricked and have registered for the c cat for tonight’s race.
Good luck D group, you can win it tonight!

Great news @Marino.g - welcome to team C

 

[Whorty]